The sword of Zoilos. The pen of a critic. Zoilos was a literary Thersits, shrewd, witty, and spiteful. He was nicknamed Homeromastix (Homers scourge), because he mercilessly assailed the epics of Homer, and called the companions of Ulysses in the island of Circ weeping porkers (choiridia klaionta). He also flew at Plato, Isocrates, and other high game.